Shoe.



H. ROESE, .12..

SHOE.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 12, 1912.

1,117,24 Patented Nov. 17, 1914 THE NORRIS PETFRS CO. PHGTO-LITHO WASHINGTON. D. Cv

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

HERMAN ROESE, JR., OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SHOE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Application filed February 12, 1912. Serial No. 676,945.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN Ronsn, Jr., of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in

I the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shoes and pertains more particularly to the detail construction thereof by means of which a distinct, natural and hy ienic shape is given thereto.

Heretofore in the manufacture of shoes it has been customary to construct the same with an upward curve at the instep and level up the shoe by placing a heel of greater or less height at the rear portion of the sole, thus throwing substantially the whole weight of the body upon the ball of the foot;

extending the muscles along the front of the leg and contracting those at the rear. It has also been customary to narrow the sole by substantial inwardcurves at the point where the shoe rises at the instep and thus the foot is tightly confined and forced to conform to the upward bend of the sole at that point. This feature further tends to throw the weight of the body upon the ball of the foot and causes an unnatural development of the cords and muscles by stretching the front muscles of the foot and leg and contracting those in the rear, and placing the whole strain of walking upon the front muscles.

My object therefore is to overcome these difficulties and disadvantages by constructing a shoe with a perfectly fiat sole, and without a heel or the necessity of any, and by making the sole with only a slight contraction at the instep the foot is allowed to assume its natural shape and as nearly as possible is in the same position as when bare. The muscles of the foot thus assume their natural position in which they are able to sustain a greater weight and a greater strain and maybe subjected to the same for a greater length of time with less new and novel features'of construction hereinafter described, in connection withthe' accompanying drawings which form a part thereof.

Figure 1 is a ,view of a shoe. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. View of the same.

The shoe comprises the sole- 1- perfectly flat, as best shown in Fig. 3, and having one side provided with a very slight inward curve 2 at the instep, substantially parallel with the long and gradual curve of the side 3. The top l-, of substantially the usual shape, is sewed to the sole or attached in any suitable manner. It is apparent that the sole determines the shape of the lower portion of the shoe and that by this construction the bottom of the shoe is flat and the instep very broadfo'r the purposes above mentioned.

What I claim is: The herein described shoe comprising an upper composed of an ankle and foot portion, and a flat sole of substantially equal thickness from fore to aft, and having a slight inward recess upon the inner side at the instep portion, the foot portion of the upper upon the inner side of the shoe lying in substantially a straight line fromthe heel tothe toe, the outer side of the foot portion HERMAN ROESE, JR.

Witnesses:

E. A. THOMPSON, E. S. .TUCKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing-the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. i

Fig. 3 is a side 

